Safety neck-yoke holder.



Patented M319, 1915.

ll/l1 Inventor I Attorneys rHE NORRIS PET PHOTO-LITHQ, WASHING rON, D C.

JUSTIN M. VANDY, OF ATLANTA, NEW YORK.

SAFETY NECK-YOKE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

Application filed October 12, 1914. Serial No. 866,359.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JUSTIN M. VANDY, a citizen of the United States, residin at Atlanta, in the county of Steuben and tate of New York, have invented a new and useful Safety Neck-Yoke Holder, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

The present invention appertains to neck yokes, and relates more particularly to a safety neck yoke holder or fastener.

This invention contemplates the provision of a novel and improved device for holding or fastening the neck yoke in place upon the pole or tongue of a vehicle, whereby the neck yoke may be held firmly in place, and whereby the neck yoke may be applied to and removed from the pole without inconvenience.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a sectional view of the device as applied to the neck yoke and pole or tongue. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing, there is delineated a vehiole pole or tongue 1 having the usual tip 2 provided with the stop flange 3. The usual neck yoke 4 is disposed above the pole 1, and there is provided an eye piece 5, preferably constructed of laminated leather stitched or riveted together, and provided with an aperture or eye 6 engageable over the tip 2 of the pole, in order that the eye piece 5 may rest against the flange 3 in an inclined position,-as usual. A sheet metal sleeve 7 embraces the central or intermediate portion of the neck yoke 4 and is provided with the angular flanges 8 riveted over the upper end of the eye piece 5, to attach the eye piece to the yoke.

A bolt 9 is engaged through the sleeve 7 and yoke 4 and is provided with an eye 10 at its rear end, and with a nut 11 threaded upon its forward end, and a sheet metal washer or ring 12 is riveted or otherwise secured to the rear face or back of the eye piece 5 to bear directly against the flange 3, while an arm 13 formed from a bar or strap of metal is hinged to the upper portion of the washer or ring 12 and has its upper or free end engaged to the bolt 9 between the eye 10 and yoke 4. The arm or bar 13 serves to hold or brace the yoke 4 and eye piece 5 in position, although it is to be noted that the arm 13 being hinged to the washer 12, will enable the yoke to flex slightly relative to the eye piece when necessary. In other words, the hinged connectionbetween the arm 13 and washer 12 enables the eye piece 5 to flex or vibrate slightly when sub ject to sufficient strain. It will be noted.

that the arm 13 is disposed diagonally or obliquely between the upper rear portion of the eye piece 5 and the rear or back of the neck yoke 4 to effectively serve its purpose.

The means for holding the neck yoke 4 against forward movement, includes a link 14 engaged to the eye 10 of the clamping and draft bolt 9, and a looking or latching device for connecting the link 14 with the pole or tongue 1. This latching device includes a doubled strap or strip 15 forming the eye 16 at its bend,- and having its ends secured upon the pole 1 by means of a bolt or securing element 17 engaged therethrough. An open link 18 is engaged to the eye or loop 16 of the strap element 15.

The latch device proper is carried by the link 18, and includes a link 19 embodying a doubled strap or bar having its terminal portions formed with an eye 20 engaging the free portion of the link 18, while the free end of the link 19 is formed with an angularly .extending curved portion 21. The portion 21 is turned upwardly and is provided with a slot 22 extending into the body portion of the link 19, whereby the free end of the link 19 will be bifurcated or forked. The ends of the branches or arms of-the bifurcated or forked portion 21 are formed into eyes or loops 23 through which 25 which is pivoted upon the pin 24 is pro vided with a downturned curved hook or bill 26 arranged to swing within the slot 22 when thelatch 25 is swung against the link 19. The free portion of the link 14 is enlarged in order that it may engage over the latch 25 and the angular bifurcated portion or fork 21 of the link 19.

In applying the neck yoke to the pole, supposing the several parts to-be separated,

theeye piece 5 is slipped over the tip 2 of with the latch and link 19 will provide a tie device connecting the yoke and pole to hold the yoke inv place. It will be noted that the link 14 in, being engaged torthe hook orbill 26 of the latch, and there being a forward pressure upon the yoke 4, will tend to swing the latch 25 against the link 19, to prevent the accidental releasement of the latch, and it being noted, further, that to release the latch, it must be swung upward to thereby swing the hook .26 thereof rearward and to even further increase the tensile. strain to which the links 14, 19 and lSare subjected. This would ordinarily prevent the acciden- Qopies, of this patent may be obtained for five cents each,,-by addressingthe This will cause the tal detachment of the parts or niernbers of the coupling connecting the neck yoke and pole. To remove the neckyoke, the latch -25 is swung upwardly and forwardly which will enable the latch and keeper link 14: to

separate, and in which event the eye piece 5 of the yoke may be readily slipped off of the tip. of the pole or tongue.

It will therefore be evident from the foregoing, taken in connection with the drawing, that-the present device provides a desirable and efficient one for the intended purposes. 1

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is r- In a device of the character described, a neck yoke, a sleeve embracingthe same and havinga pair of flanges, a flexible eye piece, secured between the said flanges, a sheet metal washer secured to the back of the eye piece,'a bolt engaged through the yoke and sleeve, an arm hinged to the Washer and having its free end engaged to the said bolt,

and :means for connecting the said bolt to a pole.

In testimony that I claim theforegoing as my: own, I have hereto afiiXed my signa-w ture in the presence of two witnesses.

J USTlN M. VANDY.

Witnesses:

R. R. CLEMENTT. R. W. LANDER.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, 3.0;? 

